Replace old ssd with new nvme?

matt_griff

matt_griff

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Hi All,

I'm in the process of building a new gaming computer and I am wondering should I upgrade my storage drives.

Currently have a SSD Samsung 840 Evo 250gb with my OS on and a couple of games I play regularly.
And then a couple of 2tb HDD for everything else.

Thinking of upgrading the SSD to a NVMe but would i see a benefit when I will be using the computer for just gaming?
 
The 840 EVO was a bit of a dog of drive, one of Samsung's missteps.

I'd replace it, even if it's for a larger current generation SATA SSD.

When I started with SSDs 10 years ago the difference between them and mechanical HDDs was night and day. The difference between decent modern SATA SSDs and NVMe SSDs is barely noticeable under most circumstances.
 
You likely won't see any noticeable performance improvement in games with an NVMe SSD. I'd recommend getting a larger SATA drive, rather than an NVMe drive of the same capacity.
 
I looked at loads of benchmarks

Will it be faster? Yes maybe 5 to 10% faster

Is the extra cost worth it? no

What would I do? Get nvme (which I have) I know it's not worth the extra cost
 
Depends if you need the extra SSD storage or not.

If not I wouldn't bother changing anything.

I have similar to you, but after many years I wasn't really using the storage so bought a 1TB SSD I basically have my steam folder on, then the have a 250 for OS. Binned off the mechanical drive which was starting to fail anyway.

I don't use my PC for much though.
 
I got an nvme boot drive in January. It’s fast but outside of benchmarks you’ll never notice the difference from a decent sata ssd. The main benefit is actually cable management.
 
Personally I would pick up a cheap 1tb see for games. It’s a big upgrade from a mechanical drive. A modern 250gb drive for your os should be quite affordable too.

An nvme won’t make a huge difference for you OS. It can help with games, and may well make more of a difference with next gen titles, but it’s a low priority upgrade compared to a new gpu or cpu.
 
It depends how your system is configured. I noticed a big difference with an NVME but that was probably because I have Prefetch and Superfetch disabled. If they are still enabled on your PC then you are unlikely to notice much of a difference.
 
Does Windows 10 not automatically disable Superfetch if you have an SSD system drive?

Not sure what benefit you'd see from disabling Prefetch. It sounds like one of those 'good ideas' that do the rounds that are only likely to be of benefit on some edge cases (mainly lower spec PCs).
 
Definitely time to upgrade tiny drive to bigger one.
Modern Warfare would fill that drive.

Crucial MX500/WD Blue 3D are good SATA SSDs.
WD Blue SN550 isn't much more expensive NVMe.
 
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